opercular fold
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opercular fold
The fold formed by the second visceral arch in the embryo which expands caudoventrally and overgrows the caudal visceral arches of fish.
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Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.
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